When you restrict the participants you restrict the discourse. You know that.
It seems like we further limit the chance of ever having a Potus that is not R or D by restricting the debate in this way.

This debate isn't limiting the chance of a non-R or D winning the election. That was already at 0%.

Third parties have a significant uphill battle in our system. I'm not suggesting that that's good or that we shouldn't do something about it. I'm saying that 1) it's irrelevant, even irresponsible to do something about it at this point for this election and 2) it's not a right

No, they are just fringe. Ron Paul was at every GOP debate and basically showed just how fringe he is. Sorry. If people agreed with the message and the policies, Ron Paul would have been the nominee. Since they don't, he isn't.

No. That's not how Romney got elected at all. He got elected because he has the establishment (both the media and the party) and its money behind him. It took him forever to secure the nomination because the people didn't really want him. In the end it's the money that carried the day, not his ideas.

No, they are just fringe. Ron Paul was at every GOP debate and basically showed just how fringe he is. Sorry. If people agreed with the message and the policies, Ron Paul would have been the nominee. Since they don't, he isn't.

Hey, its not over yet. /BEP

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Did planes hit the 2 WTC towers? Yes. Ah but were they the airliners we were told they were? Evidence and physics seems to say NO!

No. That's not how Romney got elected at all. He got elected because he has the establishment (both the media and the party) and its money behind him. It took him forever to secure the nomination because the people didn't really want him. In the end it's the money that carried the day, not his ideas.

Heh. You do realize that you just acknowledged that Paul is fringe, right?

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Everyone who doesn't have the backing of the billionaires that Romney and Obama do are fringe.

Well, when you have a candidate actually arguing that commercial aircraft pilots should do their own navigating and tracking because there's nothing in the Constitution about the FAA, yeah, that's fringe.

And it has nothing to do with money.

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Well, when you have a candidate actually arguing that commercial aircraft pilots should do their own navigating and tracking because there's nothing in the Constitution about the FAA, yeah, that's fringe.

Well, when you have a candidate actually arguing that commercial aircraft pilots should do their own navigating and tracking because there's nothing in the Constitution about the FAA, yeah, that's fringe.